Let’s see – if Dea was one of her kids when he was a teenager, that would mean that Lelle has been doing this job for a while. A rough job that is not in the least valued by their society as a whole, no matter how rewarding it may be spiritually. Yeah, I could see the appeal of having someone to share that responsibility and burden with, and Serus seems like the kind of guy that can be trusted with the lives and spirits of abandoned or bereft children. Not to mention protection for her children in a very rough part of town.
Too bad he feels like he canÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t put down his own responsibilities to share hers. HeÃ¢â‚¬â„¢d probably be just at good at raising waifs as he is at his own job.

It makes me wonder the extremity of Lelle and Serus’ relationship. I don’t want to make any assumptions, but they’re obviously trust each other pretty well for Serus to constantly go down and see the orphans and their “mother” (or big sister)…

I love both the art of this strip plus the fact that we are getting to see a softer more caring side of Serus, the fact that the characters of this have so many different sides to them makes this one of my most favorite comics to read.